Firefighters: 'Crazy young man' found armed at scene of Camden Township fire

CAMDEN TWP — An incident at a Gifford Road home April 24 involved an armed man and a building fire.
Firefighters from Camden Township, Oberlin and Wellington fire departments responded to a home about 1 p.m. for a report of a fire. When firefighters arrived, they encountered a man armed with a knife.
According to Marty Whitney, a Camden Township firefighter, units were apprehensive about approaching the burning garage near a one-story home with the armed man present.
Whitney said Lorain County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene and a brief confrontation occurred before the man was taken into custody and removed from the scene.
“We wasn’t acting normal,” Whitney said. “He was a pretty crazy young man.”
The garage was fully engulfed in flames when fire departments arrived. After the armed man was taken away, much of the building had burned.
Whitney could not confirm if the armed man started the fire or if the man lived at the residence.